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thank you raven.....

I think Evangel and Jack-O are *very* alike in how they represent what it means to be a Raven of the old ways.

In a funny way, Evangel is the past, Jack-O is the present, and Zinaida is the future.

Evangel believes he's the best from the pedigree of believing he's a "Dominant," and that alone proves his strength and privilege. It's not that he doesn't want to prove his dominance, he believes he already is. Jack-O doesn't care about any of that. But, as the man with a plan, he's also willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. As a man of the present times that are far more chaotic and uncertain compared to Nexus, he is not shy about his forward thinking and aptitude to betray even his own Vertex members. It's for a selfish reason, sure, "to be remembered as a Raven," but his actions and moralities represent what it means to live in the *now,* not the preconceived notions of the past.

This comparison helps highlight what I think of Evangel.

Not unlike player characters, even under the payroll of Alliance, Evangel's loyalties are waning, but not to the highest bidder. To whoever, wherever he can see himself engaging in the most conflict. He's always *proving* his dominance by doing this petty shit. It really speaks to his insecurities how flip-floppy he is. In the same way Jack-O's tests are unequivocally life or death, Evangel fights not just to win, but to prove a point—to himself and others. That’s why, in many routes, his battles with the player aren’t strictly *necessary.* He seeks them out. Dude goes out of his wa to test you, and prove that this dude isn't the Dominant *he* is.

No Dominant, no Evangel.

LAN in the Springs - Armored Core Last Raven